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NITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL DONNELLY, E BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GUIDE FOR WlNDlNG CORD OR ROPE.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 227,743, dated May 18, 1880.

Application filed March 25, 1880.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL DONNELLY, of Boston, Suffolk county, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guides for Winding Rope or Cord upon the Winding-Drum, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in roller-'guides for winding the cord or rope in proper successive'courses upon the horizontal winding-drum by employment vof lateral sliding grooved rollers or pulleys, over and under which the cord/orfrope passes to the drum 5 and the invention consists in the combination, with the horizontal and parallel and straight shaft carrying the roller over which the rope passes, of a horizontallyadjustable curved shaft carrying thej roller under which the rope passes. By these means the lateral travel of the guide-rollers is more readily and accurately adjusted to the winding-drum, so as to wind the rope or cord with more yperfectness in proper successive courses upon the drum than with the devices now or heretofore used for the purpose.

In the annexed drawings, forming part of this specication, Figure 1 represents a central longitudinal vertical Section ofthe guide-rollers and winding-drum according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same 5 and Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section taken through the bearing-boxes of the curved shaft of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A represents the horizontal winding-drum upon which the cord or rope is wound, and B represents a drum from which the cord is unwound.

madeto slide laterally upon their Shafts Gr and Y H, which are both held stationary in their bearing-boxes I and J.

(No model.)

The roller E is located at a distance above and between` the drum B and the roller D, and is -held xed centrally in lateral direction between its bearings, in which its shaft re-y volves.

'grooved for guiding the cord or rope over their peripheries and directing the lateral tra-velY of the rope. Y

The shaft G of the roller C ismade straight and arranged parallel with the shaft of the drum A. Its boxes Il I are secured perma.

rope, and prevent the crowding of the same on its return from the drum-flange in commencing a new course. The bearing-boxes J J of this shaft H are secured to vertical posts K K on thel frame F 5 but said boxes are tlted and guided to slide closely on said posts up or down, so that the shaft H may be adjusted in its horizontal position proper, and with convenience and precision, and during operation to. cause its roller D to guide the roller C and cause the proper winding of the vrope on the drum. Said boxes J J have each a. vertical Slot, L, and through it a properheaded screw, M, to secure the box permanently after being correctly adjusted.' By means of set-screws N, employed in said boxes to secure the shaft H to them, said shaft is heldfrom turning therein.

l The drum .B is held from win/ding loose by means of the friction-weight O and belt or rope P, or ywith any suitable friction device.

By means of having the curved shaft H.

provided with means for conveniently adjusting the same in horizontal direction during operation the great ditculty to cause the roller D to travel and cause the winding properly and accurately is avoided.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In guides for winding cord or rope upon the winding-drum, the combination and construction of the drum A, and the guide-rollers IOC 55 All said rollers C, D, and E are properly U, D, and E, and the shaft Gr with the adjusbsubstantially as and for the purpose herein de- [o able curved shaft H and its sliding boxes J scribed and shown. J, substantially as and for the purpose herein In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand set forth. this 16th day of March, 1880.

2. The curved shaft; H, as constructed, its boxes J J, with the slots L, the screws M and MICHAEL DONNELLY' N, and the posts L. in combination with the In presence ofg'rooved guide-rollers C., D, I.nd E, the shaft: R. BOEKLEN, G, and the frame F, with the drnmsAznud B, M. W. COSTELLO. 

